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What's in your MLS?

There are so many new ways prospective buyers and sellers can harvest information today about real estate online. They can find home prices, what's on the market, what's sold etc. But unfortunately not all that information is fresh and up to date. So what's a home buyer or seller to do? Get the facts from a solid Realtor in their local area!

We have created 2 ways for our clients (and we hope future customers) to keep an eye out on what's important to them. First of all most everyone has a full MLS search on their website. Well anyone who is serious about attracting online buyers and sellers that is. The IDX rules have helped see to that. But I'd like to share what has really helped us look good in our clients eyes - automatically!

We are fortunate to have a great MLS - powered by MarketLinx. Now I don't know anything about other MLS's or how they are run (Marketlinx claims to be the foremost provider of real estate info to ½ of all the real estate professionals in the US). However I for one am very pleased with what the Triangle MLS provides for us.

One of the benefits our online buyers and sellers receive is a personal website called a Client Gateway. We advertise everywhere and anywhere for homesearchers to sign up - it's FREE. Here's what the form on our website looks like;

All someone has to do to get up to the minute Real Estate information on homes that match their real estate needs in the Triangle (Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay, Wake Forest - they're all there) is to fill out the form. Once we receive their request with the parameters they want we set up their personal Gateway right in our MLS. They will be emailed a link to their private, personal webpage. Once there they can save favorites, keep notes, reject homes they don't like, even share the link with family and friends - it's their own personal web page!

Here's what their favorites page looks like

Pretty easy - and pretty cool..

It's reassuring knowing that the information we send out to our clients is fresh, up to date, and exactly what they want.

Happy House Hunting!

Your Raleigh Realtors!

About the author: Pamela is a Raleigh Realtor with The St. Peter HomeSelling Team at Prudential YSU Realty in the Triangle.
A team of passionate North Carolina Brokers dedicated to connecting their clients to success in home buying and home selling in the Triangle. Pamela can be reached via email at Pamela@RaleighHomesOnline.com or by calling (919) 645-2522.

For your real estate needs The St. Peter HomeSelling Team serves the following areas; Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina, Garner, Wake Forest

Posted by Lee & Pamela St. Peter Your Raleigh NC Realtors ~ GRI, CRS, ABR on 03/03/2009 12:17 PM

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8 Comments on What's in your MLS?

MAR

Sounds like you have a good MLS. It sounds like they are Realtors though...don't we all claim to be #1 - LOL

Ok I am back again. It looks like my comment did go through after all:)

MAR

Thanks Bill - not sure what was happening yesterday. Do you have a somewhat similar add on in your MLS? Your right - everyone is #1!

Lee and Pamela. We have a lot of capability on our MLS, but that isn't one of its' features, Karen

Hi Pam,

It's me again. That's interesting about your MLS. Ours (www.delmls.com) is also powered by MarketLinx, but our Prospect Manager is not anywhere near that comprehensive. It's not bad and it is actually better than the search available currently on my own site, but I'm wondering how much your local board had to do with the implementation?

Karen, it's interesting to me how the MLS's differ so much. There's talk here in the Raleigh area of combining our three major areas into one. Now that would be interesting!

Kathy, I think that MarketLinx has a smorgasbord of add-ons that a local board could choose from. I've been so impressed with The Triangle MLS. They are always on the lookout for new technology for us to use.

Thank you both for stopping by.

Pam, our MLS is not quite that sophisticated. We can set them up on custom searches and the listings are automatically sent to them. That's the best we can do.

Hi Connie, great to hear from you. Is your MLS run by MarketLinx too?

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